From Promulgation to Perpetual Conformity: Institutionalizing Constitutional Maintenance as a Going Concern; A Constitutional Conformity Committee for Ghana’s Post-Constitutional-Reform Order.

A strengthened Law Reform Commission would be the preferred institutional home, provided it is retained or appropriately reconstituted under the new arrangements. Act 822 offers relevant experience in investigation, reform recommendations, committees and staffing, as well as a Law Reform Fund. Drawing on these capacities could reduce administrative duplication, but the Commission’s general mandate would not replace the new duties of broad coverage, participation, independent publication, official response and verification. If Act 822 remains in force, it should be amended to establish those duties expressly and to distinguish the CCC’s control over its findings and recommendations from the Commission’s management of staff and finances.